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NASB | Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 1:20 For ever since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made], so that they [who fail to believe and trust in Him] are without excuse and without defense. [Ps 19:1-4; Eph 2:10] |
Bible Question: What does it mean that persons were created in God's "image"? What does the word image mean? What is the connotation in the original language? |
Bible Answer: Well, first of all God is a spirit and mankind is flesh, so God's image is not to be taken in a physical sense. Romans 1:20 shows that all of God's creation "reflects" His qualities. Mankind can reflect His qualities and they are encouraged to so so in Ephesians 5:1 "Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children", just as Jesus reflected them (only perfectly)... see John 14:9. |